La Liga aims to restart in June; will begin testing players
MADRID — The Spanish league said Monday it is confident it can restart in June and finish its season by the end of the European summer, with players b...
10 positive COVID-19 cases among Germany’s top soccer clubs
BERLIN — The German soccer league reported 10 positive tests for the new coronavirus among 36 clubs in the Bundesliga and second division on Monday.
Reflecting the times, acts pen songs about quarantine life
NEW YORK — With masks over their mouths and gloves on their hands, country superstar Luke Combs and his band went to a music studio — in separate room...
Review: Michelle Obama, unplugged (kinda) in ‘Becoming’ doc
In the lovely new Netflix documentary “Becoming,” set around Michelle Obama’s book tour for her memoir, the former first lady makes a comment about th...
Shootout leaves officer, hit-and-run suspect dead in Kansas
OVERLAND PARK, Kan. — A shootout in Kansas left both a police officer and a hit-and-run suspect dead, authorities said.
Polish official: Presidential election impossible this week
WARSAW, Poland — The Polish official in charge of organizing the country's presidential election said Monday he doesn't believe it can take place Sund...
AP Explains: India lockdown slows virus, but gaps remain
NEW DELHI — India's six-week coronavirus lockdown, which was supposed to end Monday, has been extended for another two weeks, although some constructi...
European virus tracing apps highlight battle for privacy
LONDON — Goodbye lockdown, hello smartphone.
Freedom! In France, a nursing home takes on COVID and wins
LYON, France — As the coronavirus scythed through nursing homes, cutting a deadly path, Valerie Martin vowed to herself that the story would be differ...
Amid Moscow lockdown, some dogs find new homes and friends
MOSCOW — Stuck at home during Moscow's coronavirus lockdown, Alexandra Novatova opted to use a delivery service — a big decision, because she was orde...
India’s virus lockdown eased while infection rate speeds up
NEW DELHI — India relaxed some coronavirus lockdown restrictions on Monday even as the pace of infection picked up and reopenings drew crowds of peopl...
Asia Today: Vietnam schools reopen, New Zealand hits zero
BANGKOK — Students across Vietnam started returning to classrooms Monday after being closed for three months to curb the spread of COVID-19.
With testing, Iceland claims major success against COVID-19
HVAMMSTANGI, Iceland — Winter storms isolated the northern village of Hvammstangi from the rest of Iceland. Then spring brought the coronavirus, isola...
The Latest: Experts back Japan plan to extend virus measures
The Latest on the coronavirus pandemic. The new coronavirus causes mild or moderate symptoms for most people. For some, especially older adults and pe...
Georgia deploys 3D printers, Guard units in testing scramble
AUGUSTA, Ga. — Seeing a chance to help amid a shortage of kits to test people for the coronavirus, Dr. Jeffrey James dedicated a 3D printer at the den...
National traumas familiar for virus-hit, unscathed countries
LONDON — National traumas or major political convulsions have been familiar and bloodied territory in the latter 20th and early 21st centuries for som...
Ex-Green Beret claims he led foiled raid into Venezuela
CARACAS, Venezuela — A former Green Beret has taken responsibility for what he claimed was a failed attack Sunday aimed at overthrowing Venezuelan Pre...
Martin Luther King’s traffic ticket changed history’s course
DECATUR, Ga. — On this day 60 years ago, a black man driving a white woman was pulled over in a traffic stop that would change the course of American ...
Lesson learned: Around Jordan, teammates saw price of fame
There were obvious perks to being teammates with Michael Jordan. Plenty of his Chicago teammates own multiple championship rings, they appear in some ...
‘We don’t know how it will end’: Hunger stalks amid virus
WASHINGTON — When all this started — when the coronavirus began stalking humanity like an animal hunting prey, when she and her husband lost their res...
Asia Today: No new cases in N Zealand; Malaysia reopens some
WELLINGTON, New Zealand — New Zealand reported no new cases of the coronavirus on Monday, marking a significant moment that indicated the country’s bo...
Top Georgia Democrats running for US Senate spar in debate
ATLANTA — Two of the top Georgia Democrats vying to take on Republican Sen. David Perdue in November took hard swipes at each other during a virtual d...
’60 Minutes’ correspondent Stahl says she fought coronavirus
NEW YORK — CBS News “60 Minutes” correspondent Lesley Stahl said Sunday that she's finally feeling well after a battle with COVID-19 that left her hos...
The Latest: Former NHL enforcer Laraque fighting coronavirus
The Latest on the effects of the new coronavirus outbreak on sports around the world:
William Byron scores 3rd iRacing victory of NASCAR’s series
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — William Byron showed he's the sharpest gamer in NASCAR's iRacing Series with his third victory in four events.
Duplantis, Lavillenie split gold in backyard pole-vaulting
French pole vaulter Renaud Lavillenie hardly treated this like a garden-variety competition.
Netherlands coach Koeman undergoes heart procedure
THE HAGUE, Netherlands — Netherlands coach Ronald Koeman underwent a heart procedure Sunday at a hospital in Amsterdam after feeling pain in his chest...
Olympians look to help young athletes during shutdown
CHICAGO — When Jesse Smith looks out at his Zoom audience, he knows exactly what the crowd is going through.
Israeli high court could determine Netanyahu’s future
JERUSALEM — With the fate of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on the line, Israel’s Supreme Court began discussions Sunday on the question of whether...